Easter Festival
Polyphony
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Stephen Layton
Nick Pritchard
Evangelist
James Rutherford
Christ
Rowan Pierce
Soprano
Helen Charlston
Mezzo-soprano
Ruairi Bowen
Tenor
Ashley Riches
Bass
J. S. Bach
St John Passion

For many people, and for many years now, Polyphony’s Good Friday performance of Bach’s sublime St John Passion has been a highlight of their concert season. With the top period instrument players of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and superb soloists, including Nick Pritchard as Evangelist and James Rutherford as Christ, all under the direction of one of the world’s finest choral conductors, Stephen Layton this is an event not to be missed. “The performances from Polyphony Stephen Layton…were all superb” Planet Hugill, November 2022